It's good to lose. It's the polishing of a stone, roughing out the jagged edges and making the lines smooth. It's the sanding of wood to remove splinters for a clean surface for the beauty and safety of a wood-grain. It's growth of a plant plucked from poor soil to be placed in fertile ground to grow strong so that it bears fruit. It's a broken glass getting glued to … [Read more...]
Cayden the Kid
Have you said goodbye? Sure you have. You had to. You were even forced to say goodbye and then let go--from life as you knew it and felt comfortable knowing, because of life. Whether or not you could or would be able to when it was expected of you... It went against the force, against your willingness because there being no other option. What then? You had to give in, to … [Read more...]
Begin Again
This might be a good place to start, to begin again--right where you are. No other place. No matter what's cracked, what's been broken, whatever got separated--just begin again. Might be difficult, no doubt, tough... But sometimes, some of the hardest things that are worth getting through, worth getting over, "to deal with" require starting over again--like a new day, … [Read more...]
Power of Words
There is power in words, good or bad; wrong or right. There's life or death in the power of one single word. Where hope can restore, words have the power to destroy. The tongue is wicked or lined with gold where words can be purposeful, pure and lovely. Words can offer reward, value, high honor... They can undo what has been taken if given the chance to be heard. Words … [Read more...]
Unreasonable Misunderstandings
Unreasonable misunderstandings... It touches everybody. It has its cycle of affect on emotions in society, in families--in places where it should never be permitted--but we're "human", right? We're nasty human beings and creatures of habit--unfortunately too often--of the wrong habits. We're not "all sunshine and roses" all the time. We intentionally or unintentionally … [Read more...]
What If You
What if you love really hard-- What if you close your eyes and listen to the night sounds of nature? What if you play in the sprinklers again, like when you were a kid--this time, with your kids? What if you sit by a flowing brook, a pond of water, or a running creek all day? Would you have enough bug spray? What if you eat classic potato chips with your vanilla … [Read more...]
Estrangement of Offspring
Estrangement of offspring-- It's hurtful and wicked. Quite frankly, it goes beyond and deeper than the two descriptions of what it really is. It's much worse, and it seems to be an epidemic in our society among the youth towards parents who brought them into this world and made a life for them. Gratitude is a word that was skipped over, not held tightly to or even … [Read more...]
I Can
I can be a brat, a badly behaved child. I can get mad as hell. I can throw things if I really have to. I can say a multitude of words that would lift your brow. I can even tell you that I hate you. I can retreat to my own fort or dugout inside a large hollow tree. I can stay there until I know the way is clear. I can scream inside my chest and wish things were different. … [Read more...]
Midnight Oil
It's been known as burning the midnight oil. It's what we do to squeeze in that little bit of hopeful time that we missed out on during daylight hours... or what we didn't get accomplished. Perhaps there wasn't enough time per hour to get work done to our fullest. Maybe there weren't enough hours in the day... I could bake a pie to be useful for tomorrow's meal ahead … [Read more...]
Viewer Questions & Comments
[Response to Viewer Questions & Comments on Dirty Dishes] Dear Devoted Cook Fan, Hello to you! Thanks for sending me your e-mail. I love hearing from people--especially from those who are sweet and kind to this ole gal! Where have I/we been?!--cooking in other locations! Yes, taking on more hours elsewhere; plus, care-giving for the impaired and elderly. That's … [Read more...]